Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...illing their goals. Their histories show the attraction such groups had to Irish immigrants and the struggle the Catholic Church faced in combating it. [1] Brain O’Higgins, What happened on St. Patrick's Day, 1858? : What was the I.R.B.? : Who were the Fenians?, (Dublin: Iris Teoin, 1958), P012.0924, 15.
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...post, Nast’s anti-Irish cartoons were examined, revealing beliefs that the Irish were inferior and unable to handle American liberty. This made the Irish a threat to the United States and thus a focus of Nast’s criticism. Connected to this anti-Irish sentiment was also a strong Anti-Catholic feeling throughout the county.
Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)
...he Pontifical Irish College’s Archives. Paul Cullen (1803-1878), the first Irish cardinal, and Tobias Kirby (1804-1895), were two of the most preeminent rectors of the Irish College in Rome. Cullen served as rector from 1821-1849, and was succeeded by Kirby, a priest of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, who
Mathew Carey
...credit.[11] P001.0150, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8228. As an Irish Catholic, Mathew Carey was deeply involved with both groups in the city of Philadelphia. He acted as the president of a society for the protection of Catholic orphans and founded the Hibernian Society for the aid of Irish immigrants, which would later merge with